Wishful Homesteader

Lemon Bread

1 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup shortening
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 beaten eggs
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup milk
finely grated lemon rind of 1 lemon
1/4 cup sugar
juice of 1 lemon

Combine sugar, shortening, eggs milk and lemon rind. Add dry
ingredients to first mixture. Pour into greased 9 x 5 loaf pan and
bake at 325F for approximately 1 hour. While the loaf is baking,
combine 1/4 cup sugar with lemon juice. Stir until sugar is
dissolved. When loaf is baked, allow to stay in pan for a few
minutes. Turn it out on a plate. Poke holes in loaf and pour sugar
and lemon juice over loaf and leave to cool.